Cisco Cisco Prime Network Control System Appliance

The following steps summarize how to install new NCS 1.1.0.58 software on supported hardware 
platforms (see the 

 for support details). 

Click Cisco Download Software at 

You might be required to provide your Cisco.com login credentials.

Choose Products > Wireless > Wireless LAN Management > Network Control > Cisco Prime 
Network Control System.

Download the appropriate NCS software version .ova image (for example. 
NCS-VA-1.1.0.X-large/small/medium.ova) and deploy the OVA template.

Reboot the virtual appliance to initiate the NCS installation process.

Perform the initial NCS configuration according to the instructions in the Cisco Prime Network Control 
System Configuration Guide, Release 1.1. Before you run the setup program, ensure that you know the 
configuration parameters listed in 

.

Hostname 

Must not exceed 19 characters. Valid characters 
include alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9), hyphen (-), 
with a requirement that the first character must be 
an alphabetic character.

We do not recommend using mixed case 
and hyphens in the hostname. 

IP address 

Must be a valid IPv4 address for the eth0 Ethernet 
interface. 

Netmask

Must be a valid IPv4 address for the netmask. 

Default gateway 

Must be a valid IPv4 address for the default 
gateway. 

DNS domain name

Cannot be an IP address. Valid characters include 
ASCII characters, any numbers, hyphen (-), and 
period (.). 

Primary name server

Must be a valid IPv4 address for an additional 
Name server. 

Add/Edit another name server

Must be a valid IPv4 address for an additional 
Name server. 

Primary NTP server

Must be a valid NTP domain. 

Add/Edit another NTP server

Must be a valid NTP domain. 

System Time Zone 

Must be a valid time zone. The default value is 
UTC.